Snowshoe hike at the Teufelstein, Fischbach

Accessible by public transport

Characteristics

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Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy

Route 6,2 km

Time 2:30 h

Uphill 330 hm

Downhill 330 hm

Highest point 1494 m

Starting from the Alpengasthof Schanz, the tour leads to the legendary summit, the Teufelstein in the Fischbach Alps in the Joglland - Waldheimat region in eastern Styria.

According to legend, after being cast out of heaven and into hell, Lucifer would be allowed to return to heaven if he built a tower from the earth to the sky on Christmas Eve. Lucifer carried three large giant stones up to the Fischbacheralpe. He fetched the other stones with a backpack from nearby Veitsch, but
the backpack broke under the heavy load and so he was unable to reach heaven within the
imposed time limit.

He rushed back to hell, but left the three stones on the Fischbacheralpe, and they are named after him “der Teufelstein” (the devil's stone).

From a geological point of view, the boulders are the result of weathering.

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More information

From Vienna via the A2 Südautobahn highway and the S6 Semmering expressway to the Kindberg exit. Here through the Stanzertal valley on the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to the Alpengasthof Schanz.

From Graz via the Weizer-Bundesstraße B72 to Birkfeld and from here via the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Fischbach and on to the Alpengasthof Schanz
or
via the S35 and S6 to Kindberg and the Schanzsattelstraße to the Alpengasthof Schanz.From Linz/Salzburg/Munich via the Pyhrnautobahn A9 and the Semmering expressway S6 to the Kindberg exit. Continue as above.

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.

We start at the Alpengasthof Schanz and walk uphill along the asphalt road.
After a few meters we see on the left the entrance to the hiking trail 740
The signposts with the inscription "Teufelstein" or "Alptor" give us the direction
At the waypoint Alptor we turn left
Then we pass by the "Teufelsteinhütte" hut and reach a snow-covered alpine meadow, which we cross going uphill.
We walk through a young forest and cross a forest road
A little later we reach the Teufelstein

The hike leads through forests and across meadows to a special power place in Fischbach - enjoy the view of eastern Styria and the surrounding mountains from Hochschwab over the Veitsch and the Rax to the Schöckl.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Fischbach, Alpengasthof Schanz (free)

Tourism Association East Styria

Office Joglland - Waldheimat

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

church quarter 24

Tel.: +43 3336 20255

www.joglland-waldheimat.at

www.oststeiermark.com

joglland-waldheimat@oststeiermark.com

Rother Schneeschuhführer: ISBN 978-3-7633-5812-0